{"slug": "photoshops-new-ai-assisted-editor-offers-a-prompt-based-editing-option", "title": "Photoshop’s new AI Assisted Editor offers a prompt-based editing option", "summary": "Adobe has introduced an AI Assisted Editor in Photoshop, now available in beta, offering a prompt-based editing interface with generative AI features like Generative Fill, Remove Background, and AI Markup, alongside a text prompt box. The new mode, which can be hidden, is designed for new users and quick edits, while existing users can switch between it and the standard Pro Editor view. Other updates include Prompt to Edit, which applies changes via simple prompts, and a markup feature for visual edits, all part of Adobe's latest Photoshop innovations announced Thursday.", "body_md": "Adobe has [added a simplified editing mode to Photoshop](https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2026/08/27/new-photoshop-innovations-bring-you-more-choice-control-at-every-stage-of-your-creative-process) designed to help new users get acquainted with the popular image editing app.\n\nAI Assisted Editor, now available in beta, is an optional alternative to the standard view — now called Pro Editor mode — that provides a prompt-based interface similar to the Firefly editor rather than the full range of Photoshop tools. It includes a side panel that contains generative AI (genAI) features such as Generative Fill, Remove Background, and AI Markup, as well as a text prompt box.\n\nThe more streamlined editor view could also prove useful for existing users that don’t need the full workspace for every edit, Adobe said. More seasoned professionals might switch to the AI Assisted Editor for concepts or mock ups, or for quick editing that doesn’t require the full set of Photoshop functions.\n\nFor those who don’t need it, however, the new mode can be hidden from view.\n\nAmong the other Photoshop features unveiled Thursday is Prompt to Edit, which lets users apply changes to an entire image with a simple prompt — for example, adding stormy clouds and rain. That creates an output layer that can then be modified, such as masking out image elements or changing the opacity.\n\nPrompt to Edit is available in both AI Assisted and Pro Editor views.\n\nA new “markup” feature lets users “visually communicate” edits to Firefly by drawing onto an image, indicating areas to recolor, for instance. This makes it easier to direct the AI model compared to text prompts. The Instruct Edit with Masks, which relies on Firefly Image 5, lets users specify what elements of an image to change with text prompts, with unmasked areas left untouched.\n\nOther updates include Light Adjustment Layer, which provides “professional-grade” lighting controls, such as exposure, contrast and shadows, in a non-destructive adjustment layer, Adobe said. A Stock Panel integration provides access to more than 900 million Adobe Stock assets in Photoshop via a dockable panel, while another addition, Dynamic Text, Shapes and Paths, automatically adapts text along curves as freeform layouts.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/photoshops-new-ai-assisted-editor-offers-a-prompt-based-editing-option", "canonical_source": "https://www.computerworld.com/article/4214985/photoshops-new-ai-assisted-editor-offers-a-prompt-based-editing-option.html", "published_at": "2026-08-27 15:49:42+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-27 16:23:32.107726+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["generative-ai", "ai-products", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["Adobe", "Photoshop", "Firefly", "Firefly Image 5", "Adobe Stock"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/photoshops-new-ai-assisted-editor-offers-a-prompt-based-editing-option", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/photoshops-new-ai-assisted-editor-offers-a-prompt-based-editing-option.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/photoshops-new-ai-assisted-editor-offers-a-prompt-based-editing-option.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/photoshops-new-ai-assisted-editor-offers-a-prompt-based-editing-option.jsonld"}}